January 2022
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Malinda Meegoda examines the historical and strategic reasons behind the North Korean nuclear weapons program and explores options on how to manage the ongoing nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.
December 2020
Reading Time: 9 min read LKI’s interview with H.E. Haidari, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, shared insights on the historic linkages between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan and the way forward on issues of shared interest and concern in South Asia.
July 2020
Reading Time: < 1 min read In this journal titled ‘Trade insight: COVID- 19 LDCs and South Asia’, LKI’s Ganeshan Wignaraja and Angela Huettemann discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sri Lanka.
June 2020
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI’s recent Spotlight interview with Ambassor Rakesh Sood, former Indian diplomat, columnist, and foreign affairs expert, on India’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and regional developments.
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI recently interviewed Professor Sirimal Abeyratne, Professor of Economics at the University of Colombo, and the current Chairman of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, on Sri Lanka’s economy in the Covid- 19 era.
May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI supported Pathfinder Foundation to prepare action-oriented recommendations on a post-COVID-19 Sri Lankan economy.
April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Angela Huettemann discusses the impact of and responses to the COVID- 19 spread in Sri Lanka, in a country brief for the Overseas Development Institute.
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Malinda Meegoda explores Autonomous weapons in the South Asian context: Risks and countermeasures in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report titled The Impact of Artificial Intelligence On Strategic Stability And Nuclear Risk.
March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 min read With China increasing its soft power and foreign aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka’s experience of BRI projects provides useful lessons for others. See this recently published Chatham House paper on Chinese Investment and the BRI in Sri Lanka.
September 2019
Reading Time: < 1 min read In this journal article, LKI’s Ganeshan Wignaraja examines the gains for South Asian economies from integrating with East Asia and India’s role in this process.